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Title: The Deep Hot Biosphere by Thomas Gold ISBN: 0-387-98546-8 Publisher: Copernicus Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Convincing arguments for a new paradigm
Comment: This is a very well written book. It presents a sequence of inter-related arguments suggesting radical re-thinking of the source of oil and gas on earth, the causes of earthquakes, and the origins of life. The arguments are consistent and to me, with no formal training in chemistry, physics or geology, convincing. What persuaded me most, was the way Gold's arguments tie-in with other research which correlate the discovery of oil and gas deposits with impact craters from asteroids, and many recent reports of new life forms in caves, in rocks, and under the sea. Life forms that thrive independently of solar energy. I have two reasons for giving this book a four star rating, instead of a five star rating. First, geologists I have talked to about the book have presented counter-arguments that might have been foreseen by Gold and answered in this book. (Those arguments have not convinced me Gold is wrong.) Second, the book would have been stronger if Gold had tied in the research I mentioned at the end of the previous paragraph. Still, Gold is only one man! And he writes much better than I do. Buy the book if you are willing to think outside the box.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Fabulous Planet Beneath Us
Comment: Thomas Gold is brilliant and his 'Deep Hot Biosphere' is a watershed book which is bound to upset the status quo in the stodgy world of planetary and geological sciences. Perhaps the most astounding ideas presented--with considereable data--is that life extends far deeper in the Earth than previously acknowledged and that petroleum, long thought to be a 'fossil fuel' is in fact non-biological (biochemicals associated with oil are there because of bacteria living in the petroleum) and an extraterrestrial substance which is in far greater abundance than ever imagined! Gold is on the cutting-edge of planetary science--this book is controversial and revolutionary in 2000. By 2050, Gold's ideas will be well established facts.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic
Comment: I cannot say enough good things about this book. It is not just a window into the Earth, but a window into the sources of organic compounds in carbonaceous meteorites, the early history of "Fox Holes" in the asteroid parent bodies, even the conditions on (and under) Mars - to say nothing of Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, Titan, and beyond. Some of his ideas are downright creepy, but as every one of his colleagues will attest, during his lifetime Thomas Gold has been right about too many creepy things to ever be dismissed out of hand.
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Title: The Deep Hot Biosphere : The Myth of Fossil Fuels by Thomas Gold, Freeman Dyson ISBN: 0387952535 Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales by Oliver W. Sacks, Oliver Sacks ISBN: 0679756973 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester ISBN: 0066212855 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer ISBN: 1400050219 Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Arrogance: Rescuing America From the Media Elite by Bernard Goldberg ISBN: 044653191X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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